Bleeding and Placental abruption-anyone?

Hi all- I'm hoping someone with experience can help me. I'm 14 weeks 5 days and I've been having light spotting/bleeding for the past few days. Had an ultrasound & found out that a small part of the placenta had come away from the uterus. Fortunately it's clotted but I've been put on light lifting, rest, etc. This is my third pregnancy but I've never had this happen. Anyone with experience who can share a story or let me know what I need to watch for?

I have had a placental abruption at 18 weeks. Mine started out with some spotting and then the next day it caused preterm labor and my baby boy was born but since he was too young didn't make it. I don't want to scare you as that's just my experience. I don't have a lot of knowledge about it reattaching since mine didn't. They told me that with mine probably a clot formed in the placenta (I have a clotting disorder) and it caused that part of the placenta to die and start to fall off and as it was falling off it pulled the rest of it off with it. Mine wasn't caught early. They didn't catch mine until I was already in preterm labor.

I have had a placental abruption at 18 weeks. Mine started out with some spot...

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10/15/2014

I have had a placental abruption at 18 weeks. Mine started out with some spotting and then the next day it caused preterm labor and my baby boy was born but since he was too young didn't make it. I don't want to scare you as that's just my experience. I don't have a lot of knowledge about it reattaching since mine didn't. They told me that with mine probably a clot formed in the placenta (I have a clotting disorder) and it caused that part of the placenta to die and start to fall off and as it was falling off it pulled the rest of it off with it. Mine wasn't caught early. They didn't catch mine until I was already in preterm labor.

Blpchick, thanks for sharing your story. I'm so sorry for your loss.

I currently have a clot at the edge of my placenta as well, where the bleeding was. I'm planning to do a lot of resting and not much else. Unfortunately there's not much else I can do. 😔

I've got a lovely PA/SCH combo going right now (2 weeks, today).
While my doctors have been great, they also haven't given me ALL of the info I would like. My research has shown that there is a risk of PPROM and/or a recurrence of the bleed later on in pregnancy. MOST of time (~95%), everything is fine after a single bleed (especially if it is a small tooderate bleed). Unfortunately, my hematoma forced an abruption, because, it is on the moderate to large side.
Praying yours stays small and baby stays healthy!

ETA: I am 14+3 today. Started bleeding for the first time at 12-woke up right around this time, actually.

I've got a lovely PA/SCH combo going right now (2 weeks, today).
While my doctors have been great, they also haven't given me ALL of the info I would like. My research has shown that there is a risk of PPROM and/or a recurrence of the bleed later on in pregnancy. MOST of time (~95%), everything is fine after a single bleed (especially if it is a small tooderate bleed). Unfortunately, my hematoma forced an abruption, because, it is on the moderate to large side.
Praying yours stays small and baby stays healthy!
ETA: I am 14+3 today. Started bleeding for the first time at 12-woke up right around this time, actually.

Thanks m_b_m. Did you have any additional ultrasounds to check on the progress? My doctor placed me on restrictions-no exercise, minimal walking, no lifting over 10 pounds, etc. Do you have similar restrictions? I hope your little one stays healthy as well!

My last pregnancy, I had a placental abruption at 14 weeks. I was sitting in a car, and felt like I was peeing on myself but I couldn't stop it. I felt my back and it was bright red blood. We went straight to the nearest hospital. They said I had a tear in my uterus. I lost so much blood, I was convinced this was a miscarriage. I went on strict bed rest until it reattached. Basically, you're sensitive, and you spuds be doing ANYTHING. If there's already a little tear, don't move, so that you won't accidently or slightly make it worse before it reattaches. Good luck.

I had a partial placental abruption at 31-32 weeks after accidently having a door handle fly back and hit me in the stomach. I bled ALOT but it was only a small portion and I was hospitalized and put on 6 weeks bedrest because they didn't know what had caused it at the time. (I'd gotten up to pee in the night, had the door handle thing happen, but in my half-asleep state followed by the trauma of all the bleeding and the shock of the hospital, I honestly didn't remember that anything had happened until weeks later, and even then, it was fuzzy) It clotted up fine, but I ended up giving birth just two or three days after I'd finally gotten off bedrest. The baby was totally healthy.

My last pregnancy, I had a placental abruption at 14 weeks. I was sitting in ...

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10/16/2014

My last pregnancy, I had a placental abruption at 14 weeks. I was sitting in a car, and felt like I was peeing on myself but I couldn't stop it. I felt my back and it was bright red blood. We went straight to the nearest hospital. They said I had a tear in my uterus. I lost so much blood, I was convinced this was a miscarriage. I went on strict bed rest until it reattached. Basically, you're sensitive, and you spuds be doing ANYTHING. If there's already a little tear, don't move, so that you won't accidently or slightly make it worse before it reattaches. Good luck.

Thanks for the well wishes! Did everything turn out ok in your last pregnancy?

I had a partial placental abruption at 31-32 weeks after accidently having a ...

Posted
10/16/2014

I had a partial placental abruption at 31-32 weeks after accidently having a door handle fly back and hit me in the stomach. I bled ALOT but it was only a small portion and I was hospitalized and put on 6 weeks bedrest because they didn't know what had caused it at the time. (I'd gotten up to pee in the night, had the door handle thing happen, but in my half-asleep state followed by the trauma of all the bleeding and the shock of the hospital, I honestly didn't remember that anything had happened until weeks later, and even then, it was fuzzy) It clotted up fine, but I ended up giving birth just two or three days after I'd finally gotten off bedrest. The baby was totally healthy.

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